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Hospitals to settle kyphoplasty allegations
Thirty-two hospitals will pay the United States more than $28 million to settle allegations that the facilities submitted false claims to Medicare for minimally-invasive kyphoplasty procedures.
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Early Chest CT Can Improve Treatment for Community-acquired Pneumonia
In patients with suspected community-acquired pneumonia, early chest CT significantly changed management decisions.
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Safety culture is critical in improving surgical results
To achieve better results for surgical patients, healthcare facilities tend to focus on technical issues such as surgeons’ skills and OR equipment. However, a non-technical factor, the so-called “safety culture,” might be equally important in delivering high-quality patient care, investigators report in a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons in advance of print publication.
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Electronic Cigarette and Nicotine Toxicity
MONOGRAPH: Their health effects, potential toxicity with inappropriate consumption, role as a portal to other drugs, and the lack of adequate regulation.
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ASCs: Appeal non-compliance with quality reporting
Ambulatory surgery centers subject to a reduction in Medicare outpatient payments in calendar year 2016 due to non-compliance with the ASC quality reporting program may appeal by submitting a reconsideration request by March 17, according to the American Hospital Association (AHA), which credits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with this information.
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Free resources for healthcare worker safety
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has an online resource to help healthcare leaders protect their employees from getting hurt when lifting patients, during exposure to chemicals, and when being exposed to other common hazards of working in healthcare.
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Does a Sedation Strategy With or Without Daily Interruption Affect Recall of ICU Stay?
Recall of the ICU stay and the type of sedation strategy did not influence the types of memories reported by critically ill patients.
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Resources for Preventing Surgical Fires Initiative
An estimated 200 to 650 surgical fires occur annually in, on, or around a patient who is undergoing a medical or surgical procedure in the United States, according to ECRI Institute. To combat this issue, The Joint Commission has partnered with the Food and Drug Administration, the Council for Surgical & Perioperative Safety, and others in the Preventing Surgical Fires Initiative.
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IV Crystalloids: Is One Better Than the Other?
The decision of which fluid to use is highly variable and predominantly driven by local practice rather than patient or fluid characteristics.
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Save money on infection control resources
As part of Same-Day Surgery’s special cost-saving issue, AHC Media, SDS publisher, is offering a one-time savings on three AHC Media products.